[PD] Slightly OT: Goal for NAMM 2017: Pledge to Support Open Source

[phil jones]

William,

have you thought of trying one of the "make a petition" sites, like
https://www.change.org/ , http://www.thepetitionsite.com/media-arts-culture/
, .http://www.avaaz.org/en/ etc?

If one of these platforms were suitable to host it then that would
definitely help.

Phil

On 21 January 2016 at 21:53, William Huston <williamahuston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for all who responded with early feedback :)
>
> I think the plan should be
>
> 1) Form a small committee to draft the
> "*Pledge to Support Open Source Community*"
> with the target being
> *manufactures of synthesizers, controllers, and other MIDI devices. *
>
> 2) Recruit the Top 10 or 25 big names to sign on to the letter.
>
> 3) A general petition for all others.
>
> If anyone wants to be on the committee to create
> the first draft, please contact me off-list.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 5:10 PM, phil jones <interstar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I will totally sign a petition on this. And forward it to every musician
>> I know.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> On 21 January 2016 at 17:08, William Huston <williamahuston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I hope you all consider this an appropriate post for this list.
>>>
>>> I have been very upset at a certain manufacturer which I have decades
>>> of experience owning their products.
>>>
>>> I love their machines! But they are pissing me off by doing things like:
>>>
>>>
>>> *1) Bundle software which only runs on Proprietary Operating Systems.*
>>> This is an excuse to increase street price. Linux users who want just
>>> the hardware are forced to pay for something they do not want and cannot
>>> use.
>>>
>>>
>>> *2) Publishing only a partial MIDI implementation*
>>> *3) Using a secret API* which only their *closed source Editor* can
>>> access, and which only runs on *Windows or MacOS*. ($$$).
>>>
>>> So *if I want a Korg product* (like their new Microkey Studio!!! I have
>>> the perfect application for this!!!), *then I must also pay Microsoft
>>> or Apple, in order to fully use the thing*. I must also must pay a
>>> premium for software I  cannot use and may not want or need.
>>>
>>>
>>> *I do not think this is fair or right!*
>>>
>>> Here's an idea:
>>>
>>> NAMM is going on right now. This is a time when all of the manufacturers
>>> all get together.
>>>
>>> I think the Open Source community has a lot of clout now.
>>>
>>> My idea is to draft a *Pledge to Support Open Source Community*, which
>>> we will try to get manufacturers support for by the next 2017 NAMM.
>>>
>>> My list so far is this:
>>>
>>> 1) *Publish full MIDI standard. **No hidden APIs *which only
>>> closed-source tools, which only run on  Windows or Mac can access.
>>>
>>> 2) *Unbundle the hardware from the optional software*. Don't force a
>>> linux hardware owner to pay for software he cannot use.
>>>
>>> 3) Consider including *sample editors *or *performance programs *as
>>> hackable *C programs,* *Perl *or *Python *scripts, and also *sample
>>> patches *in popular *open-source music programs *such as *CSound,
>>> SuperCollider*, or *Pure Data*.
>>>
>>> Does anyone want to be a co-signer on this,
>>> or have anything to add?
>>>
>>>
>>> *I think it would be awesome to get the top 10-20 people*
>>>
>>> *in Open Source Music world to endorse this first thing. *
>>> People like
>>> *Miller, Onyx Ashanti, Ico, Julius O. Smith, *
>>>
>>> *Servando, Katja, Alexandre, Matt, IOhannes, Cheeto,*
>>> *Richard Stallman*, ... c'mon people, help me out...
>>>
>>> Wow, that would pack a whallop!
>>> I think we could have a major impact on hardware manufacturers.
>>>
>>> This is a way for me to take my complaint with Korg and make this a
>>> campaign which could help users of other H/W vendors stuff as well.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> BH
>>>
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>>
>
>
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